Yoko Ono Quotes

There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all.

I feel sad that he's just a voice now.

Dance in your dream. Go out into the street and hug everyone you meet. Tell them how beautiful they are. Dance together.

When you say 'I love you', you are not just saying it to that person. You are saying 'I love you' to yourself, the planet & The Universe.

World peace is one project that we have to do together.

Unclog your mind. Unclog your room. Arrange your room in a way you wish your mind would be.

Imagine painting all the statues in the world in the color of the sky

My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.

You can be very wild and still be very wise

Long, long time ago, I declared that all my works are a form of a prayer/a wish.

Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.

It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long.

Bless you for your jealousy; it is a sign of empathy.

And the more you are active about something you love, the world is going to be a better place.

These days, DJ's are the ones who are bringing fresh sounds to the music world. In fact, they are creating a new spatial music. They are the space transformers of the universe.

you don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can communicate if they are desperate enough.

If you have too many quotes from other people in your head, you can't create. You have to keep your head empty. That's why I am constantly enjoying the sky, the park, the walk.

I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.

Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.

I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway.

Art is an effort to make you walk a half an inch above ground.

If people want to make war they should make a color war, and paint each others’ cities up in the night in pinks and greens.

I relate to happiness as an ecstatic moment - something you don't create, you encounter.

Power is power. It's energy. And if you get big, big energy, you can use that in a good way.

People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.

When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?

When I hear music, my body just starts to move. It has nothing to do with training or anything. That's just me. That's just my body. And I was like that as a child, too.

Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race.

Music is something that even when you close your eyes it gets into your body.

Touch, touch, touch, touch me love, I'm shaking inside.

But think of the violence, it could happen to your kids.

I get very sad when I think about Vietnam where there seems to be no choice but violence. This violence goes on for centuries perpetuating itself.

Art for me is like breathing. When I stop breathing, what happens?

I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.

Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?

When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.

We know that our cells are speaking to each other.

We are never alone. We are all aspects of one great being. No matter how far apart we are, the air links us.

You know harmony only exists in music-isn't that amazing? I think that if you see earth from very far away, the color is blue. That is very interesting because blue is the color of communication.

Listen to the sound of the earth turning.

People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?

You can't dance if you got too much muck in your head.

I'm a very obsessive type. If I do get into it, I'll soon be there 12 hours a day. I just don't want to do that.

It is sad that the air is the only thing we share. No matter how close we get to each other, there is always air between us.

The Beatles were a group made up of four very complex men, and my small hand could not have broken these men up.

The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.

John would have been the first white rapper. And also he would have cherished the Internet.

Artists are magicians and I definitely think John Lennon was a Wizard.

We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.

I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.'